Now, let’s get something out of the way: Torey Krug’s defense took a bit of a backseat this year and that created some real frustration, but we’ll expound on that in a minute.
For now, let’s just start with a not very bold but very firm take about why that almost didn’t matter.
Torey Krug is a STEAL for the kind of production you’re getting out of him. His compatriots in production are making anywhere from $5.5 to almost $11 million a year and he was in the top 10 of defensemen points while only being paid $5.